Production system, method and computer program product

Abstract

A production system for producing a composite fiber component, in particular a wind turbine blade, includes: a working surface; an optical device for optically capturing features of the working surface and/or of plies laid on the working surface, the plies including fiber material; a computing device for determining a parameter of the captured features and a comparative result depending on a comparison of the determined parameter and a reference parameter; and a feedback device configured to give feedback depending on the comparative result. In this way, the ply lay-up process is monitored and deviations is detected easily and as they occur.

1 . A production system for producing a composite fiber component,
 in particular a wind turbine blade, comprising:   a working surface;   an optical device for optically capturing features of the working surface and/or of plies laid on the working surface, the plies comprising fiber material;   a computing device for determining a parameter of the captured features and a comparative result depending on a comparison of the determined parameter and a reference parameter; and   a feedback device configured to give feedback depending on the comparative result.   
     
     
         2 . The system according to  claim 1 ,
 the optical device comprising a plurality of optical cameras and/or lidar sensors.   
     
     
         3 . The system according to  claim 1 ,
 including a mold and the working surface being a mold surface, and/or   the optical device capturing features within a volume above and/or including the mold surface.   
     
     
         4 . The system according to  claim 1 ,
 the captured features comprising edges, material and/or defects of the plies, reference points on the working surface and/or foreign objects, and/or   the parameter including a position, geometry, color and/or texture.   
     
     
         5 . The system according to  claim 1 ,
 the feedback including a visual and/or acoustic feedback.   
     
     
         6 . The system according to  claim 5 ,
 the visual feedback including a pattern of light projected on the working surface and/or on an upwardly exposed surface of a ply.   
     
     
         7 . The system according to  claim 1 ,
 further including a projector device for projecting a pattern of light on the working surface and/or on an upwardly exposed surface of a ply to guide placement of plies on the working surface and/or on the ply.   
     
     
         8 . The system according to  claim 1 ,
 the feedback and/or projector device including one or more lasers.   
     
     
         9 . The system according to  claim 7 ,
 the pattern demarcating a target position of a ply to be placed on the working surface and/or on the upwardly exposed ply, the pattern preferably demarcating a target position of edges of the ply.   
     
     
         10 . The system according to  claim 7 ,
 further comprising a control device, the control device being configured for controlling:
 the projector device to project a first pattern corresponding to a target position of a first ply and a second pattern corresponding to a target position of a second ply; 
 the optical device to optically capture features of the first ply laid on the working surface; and 
 the computing device to determine a position of the captured features of the first ply and a comparative result depending on a comparison of the determined position and a reference position; 
 wherein the projection of the second pattern depends on the comparative result. 
   
     
     
         11 . The system according to  claim 7 ,
 further comprising a control device, the control device being configured for controlling:
 the projector device to project a k th  pattern corresponding to a target position of a k th  ply; and 
 the optical device to capture the features of the working surface and/or 1 st  to k th  ply laid on the working surface; 
 wherein k is incremented from 1 to N, with N designating the total number of plies making up the composite fiber component to be produced or portion thereof. 
   
     
     
         12 . The system according to  claim 7 ,
 further comprising a control device, the control device being configured for controlling:   the projector device to project a k th  pattern corresponding to a target position of a k th  ply, and, at the same time, to project a j th  pattern corresponding to a target position of a j th  ply;   a computing device for determining a position of the captured features and a comparative result depending on a comparison of the determined position and a reference position for the k th  and j th  ply respectively; and   a feedback device configured to give feedback depending on the respective comparative result;   wherein k is incremented from 1 to N, with N designating the total number of plies making up a first portion of the composite component to be produced, and j is incremented from 1 to M, with M designating the total number of plies making up a second portion of the composite component to be produced.   
     
     
         13 . The system according to  claim 12 ,
 further comprising a storage device for storing the captured features and/or wherein the computing device uses a machine learning algorithm and/or uses edge computing.   
     
     
         14 . A method for producing a composite fiber component comprising the steps of:
 optically capturing features of a working surface and/or of plies laid on the working surface, the plies comprising fiber material;   determining a parameter of the captured features and a comparative result depending on a comparison of the determined parameter and a reference parameter; and   giving feedback depending on the comparative result.   
     
     
         15 . A computer program product comprising a computer readable hardware storage device having computer readable program code stored therein, said program code executable by a processor of a computer system to implement a method comprising a program code for executing the method of  claim 14  when run on at least one computer. 
     
     
         16 . A wind turbine blade produced by the method of  claim 14 .